B.A. III YEAR ENGLISH [OPTIONAL] Semester V & VI

Transcription

1 III Year Syllabus Sem.-V & VI English Optional.rtf Syllabus of B.A. III YEAR ENGLISH [OPTIONAL] Semester V & VI [ Effective from & onwards ] 1

2 III Year Syllabus Sem.-V & VI English Optional.rtf DR. BABASAHEB AMBEDKAR MARATHWADA UNIVERSITY AURANGABAD B. A. Third Year Optional English Syllabus for Semester Vth and VIth Nomenclature of Papers Paper V : Twentieth Century English Literature (Subsidiary) Paper VI : Critical Approaches to Literature (Subsidiary) Paper VII : An Objective Study of English Literature and Literary History (Main) Paper VIII (A) : Indian Writing in English (Main) OR Paper VIII (B) : American Literature (Main) 2

3 III Year Syllabus Sem.-V & VI English Optional.rtf Poetry : 1) T.S. Eliot: (i) Gerontion Paper V : Twentieth Century English Literature (Subsidiary) Semester Vth (ii) Whispers of Immortality Text : T.S. Eliot : Selected Poems, Ed. by Manju Jain Pub. by Oxford University Press, Bombay, 1992 Drama : 2) Candida by G.G. Shaw Question Paper Pattern : 1) The examination will be held for thirty marks 2) The duration of examination will be of one and a half hour. 3) First question will b e on T.S. Eliot s prescribed poems with internal choice for ten marks. 4) Second question will be on the play Candida by G.B. Shaw with internal choice for ten marks 5) Third question will be of short notes on any two out of four on both poems and play for ten marks 6) Internal evaluation : i) Test - 10 Marks II) Tutorial - 10 Marks 3

4 III Year Syllabus Sem.-V & VI English Optional.rtf Poetry : 1) W. B. Yeats : (i) Meru Semester VIth (ii) Lapis Lazuli Text : W.B. Yeats : Selected Poetry, Ed. by A. Norman Jeffares, Pub. by Radhe Publishing House, Calcutta, Distributor : IAB B 2) Ted Hughes : i) November ii) Thrushes iii) Pike Text: Faber Book of Modern Verse Ed. by Michael Roberts. Novel : 3) Lord of the Flies by William Golding Question Paper Pattern : 1) The examination will be held for thirty marks. 2) The duration of examination will be of one and a half hours. 3) First question paper will be on W.B. Yeats prescribed poems with internal choice for ten marks 4) Second question will be on the novel Lord of the Flies with internal choice for ten marks. 5) Third question will be of short notes (any two out of four) on Ted Hughes prescribed poems for ten marks 6) Internal evaluation : i) Test - 10 Marks ii) Tutorial - 10 Marks 4

5 III Year Syllabus Sem.-V & VI English Optional.rtf Paper VI Critical Approaches to Literature Semester V A) The following essays from the Text Critical Approaches to Literature by David Daiches, second edition, Published by Orient Longman, 1984 are prescribed : 1) The Platonic Dilemma 2) The Aristotelian Solution B) The following literary terms from Glossary of Literary Terms. by M.H. Abrahms 1) Hamartia 2) Epic Simile 3) Comic Relief 4) Tragi-Comedy 5) Dramatic Monologue Semester VI A) The following essays from the Text A Handbook of Critical Approaches to Literature by Wilfred L. Guerin, Earle Labor and Others, Fourth Edition, published by Oxford University Press, 2004 are prescribed : 1) The Psychological Approach : Freud I ) Aims and Principles A) Abuses and Misunderstandings of the Psychological Approach b) Freud s Theories. 2) Mythological and Archetypal Approaches I) Definitions and Misconceptions II) Some examples of Archetypes A) Images B) Archetypal Motifs or Patterns C) Archetypes as Genres 5

6 III Year Syllabus Sem.-V & VI English Optional.rtf B) The following literary terms from Glossary of Literary Terms by M.H. Abrahms. 1) Dissociation of Sensibility 2) Metaphor 3) Metonymy 4) Metaphysical Poetry 5) Satire Questions Paper Pattern (For Semester Five) 1) The examination will be held for thirty marks 2) The duration of the examination will be of 1 ½ hours. 3) First question will be on The Platonic Dilemma with internal choice for 10 Marks. 4) Second question will be on the Aristotelian Solution with internal choice for 10 Marks. 5) Third question will be of Short Notes on any two (out of four) on the given literary terms. 6) Internal Evaluation (a) Test - 10 Marks (b) Tutorials 10 Marks Question Paper Pattern. (For Semester Six ) 1) The examination will be held for thirty Marks. 2) The duration of the examination will be of 1 ½ hours. 3) First question will be on the Psychological Approach with internal choice for 10 Marks. 4) Second question will be on Mythological and Archetypal Approaches with internal choice for 10 Marks. 5) Third question will be of short notes on any two (out of four) on the given literary terms. 6) Internal Evaluation : 1) Test - 10 Marks 2) Tutorial - 10 Marks 6

7 III Year Syllabus Sem.-V & VI English Optional.rtf Paper VII An Objective Study of English Literature and Literary History (Main) Semester V 1) All the texts from Paper I to IV Semester I and II and Paper V Sem. V 2) Background Text : Chapters III to IX from An Outline of English Literature by Thornley and Roberts Pub by Orient Longman Pattern of Question Paper : 1) The examination will be held for 30 marks. 2) The duration of examination will be of 1 ½ hours. 3) There will be 30 objective questions carrying one mark each 4) Internal Evaluation : Project work on any given topic by the concerned teacher will carry 20 marks. Semester VI 1) All the texts from Paper I to IV Semester III and IV and Paper V Semester VI 2) Background Text - Chapters X to XV from An Outline of English Literature By Thornley and Roberts Pub. by Orient Longman Pattern of Question Paper : 1) The examination will be held for 30 marks. 2) The duration of examination will be of 1 ½ hours. 3) There will be 30 objective questions carrying one mark each. 4) Internal Evaluation : Project work on any given topic by the concerned teacher will carry 20 marks. 7

8 III Year Syllabus Sem.-V & VI English Optional.rtf Paper VIII (A) Indian Writing in English ( Main) Semester Vth 1) Poetry : 1) Nissim Ezekiel : i) Case Study (ii) The Couple 2) Kamal Das : i) An Introduction (ii) The Looking Glass 2) Drama : Tara by Mahesh Dattani Question Paper Pattern : 1) The examination will be held for thirty marks 2) The duration of examination will be of one and a half hours. 3) First question will be on Nissim Ezekiel and Kamala Das s prescribed poems with internal choice for ten marks. 4) Second question will be on the play Tara by Mahesh Dattani with internal choice for ten marks. 5) Third question will be of short notes (any two out of four) on both poems and play for ten marks 6) Internal evaluation : i) Test - 10 Marks ii) Tutorial - 10 Marks 8

9 III Year Syllabus Sem.-V & VI English Optional.rtf Semester VI 1) Novel : Inside the Haveli by Rama Mehta 2) Prose : Nationalism by Rabindranath Tagore Pub. by Macmillan India Ltd. 1995, Delhi. Question Paper Pattern : 1) The examination will be held for thirty marks 2) The duration of examination will be of one and a half hours. 3) First question will be on the novel Inside the Haveli by Rama Mehta with internal choice for ten marks. 4) Second question will be on Nationalism by Rabindranath Tagore with internal choice for ten marks. 5) Third question will be of short notes (any two out of four) on both the texts 6) Internal evaluation : i) Test - 10 marks ii) Tutorial - 10 marks 9

10 III Year Syllabus Sem.-V & VI English Optional.rtf ) Poetry : Paper VIII (B) American Literature (Main) The following poems are prescribed: Emily Dickinson : Semester Fifth i) Success is Counted Sweetest. ii) I Taste a liquor Never iii) Much Madness is Divinest Sense. iv) I am Nobody! Who are you? 2) Robert Frost : I) After Apple Picking ii) Birches Text : American Literature : , An Anthology Edited by Egbert S. Oliver. Published by Eurasia Publishing House (Pvt) Ltd Ram Nagar, New Delhi (1994) Distributed by S. Chand & Company Ltd New Delhi. 3) Drama : Death of a Salesman - Arthur Miller. Question Paper Pattern. : 1) The examination will be held for thirty marks 2) The duration of examination will be of 1 ½ hours. 3) First question will be on prescribed poems by Emily Dickinson with internal choice for 10 Marks 4) Second question will be on the play Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller with internal choice for 10 Marks. 5) Third question will be of short notes on any two out of four on Poems and Drama for 10 Marks 6) Internal Evaluation (a) Test - 10 Marks (b) Tutorial - 10 Marks 10

11 III Year Syllabus Sem.-V & VI English Optional.rtf Semester Sixth 1) Novel : The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison 2) Prose : From Emily Dickinson by Allen Tate. Text : American Literature : , An Anthology Edited by Egbert S. Oliver. Question Paper Pattern : 1) The examination will be held for thirty marks. 2) The duration of examination will be of 1 ½ hours. 3) First question will be on the novel The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison with internal choice for 10 Marks. 4) Second question will be on prose From Emily Dickinson by Allen Tate with internal choice for 10 Marks. 5) Third question will be of short notes on any two out of four on the novel and prose for 10 marks. 6) Internal Evaluation : a) Test - 10 marks b) Tutorial - 10 marks 11